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Product Description

Here's your chance to own it all with the world's most popular board game. Since 1935, the Monopoly game has been bringing families together to buy, sell and build in Parker Brothers' Property Trading Game.

Whether you're creating new cherished memories or rekindling your youth -- the Monopoly game is the classic favorite.

Product Reviews

The other day I played a game of Monopoly with two friends.
Played strictly by the rules and with an understanding of the
odds and values of the different properties, it was a close tight
game. I lost, but it was a good night of gaming. Not bad for a
game that hit the big time in 1938.

People can say that this game is luck dependent, I will counter
that Settlers of Catan also has a high luck factor. Is it as
strategic as some of the newer games coming from Europe?,
maybe not. It is though a classic which should be seen as one of
the best games ever produced.

Game snobs will prefer some of the newer products, I will always
see this game as a standard which should be in any gamer's
library.

Monopoly is in effect a rummy variant which is enlivened with some bidding and trading. Having lasted over 70 years, Parker Brothers need not fear the reviews below. This remains an excellent family game. It is highly luck dependent and more recent games have certainly an improved design, but Monopoly is part of the American and even the gaming culture. Yes, Acquire and countless German games are much more to a Gamer's tastes, but remember we are into games. There is a world out there that doesn't await the next release from some favorite designer. A gamer would say that Diplomacy is a much better multi-player conflict game than Risk. In the real world, (Even though I love Diplomacy) I've never seen anyone but gamers into the game. Well, let me leave these reviews, I have a meeting back on planet earth. The special effects in the old King Kong are laughable compared to what can be done today, but the old flick is still a great movie. Lighten up gamers!

Virtually 90% of the people I know have said
at one point in their life that they hate
Monopoly. Everyone is convinced that it is the
most luck-based game, and that it is only
popular because of how long it has been in
existence.

But I would guess that 90% of those same
people have never read the rules and followed
them. Everyone thinks they know how to play
because their parents or friends taught them
growing up. But when you're a kid, parents
make games easier to fit your capacity for
understanding.

First of all, there is no Free Parking Jackpot.
This "house rule" ruins many a game, causing
it to last longer and changing the money
leader in the matter of one turn. I never really
understood this anyway, since when does the
word "free" mean you get a five hundred
dollar bill?

But more than anything else people ignore the
auction rule. When you decide not to
purchase a property it is supposed to go up
for auction. By auctioning it off you give
players an opportunity to purchase that
property below it's retail value. Also the
auction process allows someone who really
needs that property to outbid his opponents
and grab a monopoly without having to do any
trading. This is where there is added strategy
in the game. (i.e. "Should I purchase this
property for $200 or can I put it up for auction
and get it for cheaper?")

I challenge you to pick up this classic again (or
one of the thousands of spin-offs that has a
theme you might enjoy) and read the rules
and follow them. Hey, it's worth a try to
resurrect something you probably loved as a
child.